China and Russia are raising economic and
political powers that share thousands of miles of border. Despite their
proximity, their local interactions with each other—and with their third
neighbour Mongolia—are rarely discussed. Although the three countries share a
boundary, their traditions, languages and worldviews are remarkably different.

Frontier Encounters presents a wide range of views on how the borders between these
unique countries are enacted, produced, and crossed. It sheds light on global
uncertainties: China’s search for energy resources and the employment of its
huge population, Russia’s fear of Chinese migration, and the precarious
economic independence of Mongolia as its neighbours negotiate to extract its
plentiful resources.

Bringing together anthropologists,
sociologists and economists, this timely collection of essays offers new
perspectives on an area that is currently of enormous economic, strategic and
geo-political relevance.